Microsoft Reviews HTML 5 Standards
August 11, 2009 by John Messina
(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft's Internet Explorer Program Manager, Adrian Bateman will be reviewing the specifications for HTML 5 that has been taken more seriously by Apple, Google, Opera, and Mozilla.
Adrian Bateman stated: "As part of our planning for future work, the IE team is reviewing the current editor's draft of the HTML5 spec and gathering our thoughts. We want to share our feedback and discuss this in the working group."
The current draft of HTML 5 includes number of important advancements that will render web pages more dynamic. Some of the HTML 5 features will include built-in video and audio with the ability to store web applications on your computer so that they can be used offline. This approach would increase web application response time.
Google, Apple, and Mozilla are using some of HTML 5 features in their latest browsers; however Microsoft is being more cautious. Internet Explore 8 supports some of HTML 5 features like, the DOM Store, Cross Document Messaging, Cross Domain Messaging, and Ajax Navigation.
In a CNET interview, in July, with Amy Barzdukas, general manager for IE, Amy commented; "The support of ratified standards (that Web developers) can use is something that we are extremely supportive of." "In some cases, it can be premature to start claiming support for standards that are not yet in fact standards."
The message that Microsoft is trying to convey is that they are now focusing more on the HTML 5 specifications. Microsoft's philosophy in the past has been that they would determine what technology IE should support. As we all know, Microsoft Internet Explore has been steadily loosing market share with their competitors and realizing now that they need to change their old philosophy.
Via: CNET
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But when HTML 5 does become standard Microsoft better follow the standards and not make up their own. Like they have constantly done in the past.
Script sizes could be cut in half if they didn't have to make a separate IE version in addition to the HTML standard used by the other browsers. That is currently the case because the IE development team thinks they know better and are above the standards!
Microsoft, wake up and realize this is why geeks always suggest to their friends to install something like Firefox.
Correction, they started the computer industry.
And if they just happen to create products so good that no one else wishes to compete then don;t get mad unless you want to try to create an OS, or and Office Suite thats intercompatible.
And lets remember that twice in the last fifteen years MS gave Apple money just to keep them alive.
WHY??? because Apple had lost so much market share they were going to go under as a company and that meant no competition in OS's and that meant monopoly. So do not get it twisted that MS destroys any and all competition -- it buys company's that actually have a product that can add value to its existing line. And most of these company's sell out because they now that the product as a whole would never compete, but it has one little nugget in it that is gold.
And if you wanna debate standards remember MS doesn't create the standards outside of its own products; International committes create them. If you don;t wanna script to MS products then don't -- but face it you will lose 70% of the internet audience out there. SO -- shut up -- you create things for consumers to see be happy they have a computer they can use enough to get to the internet to see your script run and have a nice pretty web page cause without MS standardizing the way people interact with computers most people would still be too scared to use them. (I am not saying another company would never have risen up to become as popular but the only reason people throw stone at MS is because they are on top.)
El_Nose, I have nothing against MS being on top or popular. But you are saying that we should ignore the minority users to satisfy the majority. To do so means to follow IE standards and ignore the international committees.
So on that logic all of us should eat all meals at McDonalds because they have a standardized interface and they out number other restaurants. Forget what the doctors and their experience are saying because McDonalds knows best.
So you can understand it in McDonalds terms -- Don't gripe about the rules McDonalds has on advertising in their resturant if your business advertises to 70% of the population that goes out to eat by putting a sign up in their resturant.
It makes you money to make darn well sure IE users can clearly see your web page --- gripe , moan, play a little violin --- but it does not change the fact that if you chose not to cater to the MS stanards you lose more than 50% of your viewing audience.
Its funny -- now that you have made me think about it --- since over 70% of the western worlds population uses IE --- that sounds like the standard to me.
If the rules say go right but there is an expection that says if this turn left -- and that exception happens 70% of the time then the rule is actually turn left with a 30% exception to turn right.
And anyway, the tendency isn't to use more powerful computers for browsing, but the opposite-to use netbooks or mobiles to browse. In this case, who needs larger scripts and even more security leaks that will force you to buy a better antivirus and firewall and all the other useless stuff they sell you.
I use Linux :)
P.S. Am, as a website owner, I can tell you that 70% of the worlds population doesn't use IE! At least in my stats, most people use Mozilla.